Founder of Indigov, in love with democracy and making government more efficient. https://teapawt.net/t.co/TYPnPCp0Cw
Joined April 2011
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Let’s build a classical-futuristic world!
@SamyazaSpeaks
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Of course that's your contention. You're a first-time SaaS bear. You just got finished listening to some podcast, Dario on Dwarkesh, probably. Now you think it’s the end of white collar work and seat-based pricing is screwed. You're gonna be convinced of that til tomorrow when you get to “Something Big is Happening”. Then you’ll install ClawdBot on a Mac Mini, vibe code a dashboard on top of a postgres database and say we’re all just a couple ralph loops away from building a Salesforce competitor. That’s gonna last until next week when you discover context graphs, and then you're gonna be talking about how the systems of record will be disintermediated by an agentic layer and reposting OAI marketing graphics.
“Well, as a matter of fact, I won't, because ultimately the application layer is just ….”
The application layer is just business logic on top a CRUD database. You got that from Satya’s appearance on the BG2 pod, December 2024, right? Yeah, I saw that too. Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us? Do you have any thoughts of your own on this matter? Or...is that your thing? You get into the replies of anyone posting a SaaS ticker. You watch some podcast and then pawn it off as your own idea just to impress some VCs and embarrass some anon who’s long SaaS? See the sad thing about a guy like you is in a couple years you're gonna start doing some thinking on your own and you're gonna come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life. One: don't do that. And two: you dropped thirty grand on Mac Minis and LLM API calls to come to the same conclusion you could’ve got for free by following a handful of VC accounts.
Alex Kouts retweeted
I've never felt this much behind as a programmer. The profession is being dramatically refactored as the bits contributed by the programmer are increasingly sparse and between. I have a sense that I could be 10X more powerful if I just properly string together what has become available over the last ~year and a failure to claim the boost feels decidedly like skill issue. There's a new programmable layer of abstraction to master (in addition to the usual layers below) involving agents, subagents, their prompts, contexts, memory, modes, permissions, tools, plugins, skills, hooks, MCP, LSP, slash commands, workflows, IDE integrations, and a need to build an all-encompassing mental model for strengths and pitfalls of fundamentally stochastic, fallible, unintelligible and changing entities suddenly intermingled with what used to be good old fashioned engineering. Clearly some powerful alien tool was handed around except it comes with no manual and everyone has to figure out how to hold it and operate it, while the resulting magnitude 9 earthquake is rocking the profession. Roll up your sleeves to not fall behind.
Alex Kouts retweeted
After 10 years of building consumer social apps, I've decided to start exploring new areas. Building these products is an unforgiving grind—but I learned a lot along the way.
For those embarking on this path, here's everything you need to know:
TIME FOR A THREAD 👇
Alex Kouts retweeted
On the latest episode of Category Visionaries CEO @akouts shares the origin story of Indigov and ruminates on the unique joys and challenges of building a company in the government technology space.
#ceo #thoughtleader #govtech
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Alex Kouts retweeted
Incredibly insightful discussion from @bradleytusk
and @akouts on the Govtech space and the intersection of technology and citizen engagement!
Big thanks to the Firewall podcast team for having us on the show.
#ceo #podcast #govtech
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Indigov helps connect besieged lawmakers and their oft-frustrated constituents tcrn.ch/38izD5y by @cookie
Alex Kouts retweeted
The ultimate startup chronicle book I’d love to read is one filled with honest, raw interviews of 50+ founders of _failed_ startups, truthfully describing what lead to their company’s failure. It would likely be painful to read, but you’d learn an insane amount.
Alex Kouts retweeted
I would be 20-40k/year poorer if it weren’t for the negotiating advice received from @ramit @akouts @JordanHarbinger and Chris Voss. I’m eternally grateful. Thank you.
Alex Kouts retweeted
Just announced at Microsoft Build 2019: #ElectionGuard, an end-to-end verifiable elections SDK project that @kiniry, @n1nj4, and I have been leading at @galois and @free_and_fair! npr.org/2019/05/06/720071488… blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-i…
Alex Kouts retweeted
Karma for nearly 20 years of public good work in elections integrity
pays off: a demonstrator open source high-assurance voting system for
secure @risc_v platforms, funded by @DARPA, demonstrated at @VotingVillageDC. @defcon @free_and_fair motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a…
Alex Kouts retweeted
Capitalism is intrinsic to the human species.
startupboy.com/2019/03/05/ca…
Alex Kouts retweeted
Lifecycle of a successful hedge fund:
Small, niche strategy.
Good returns.
Raise tons of money.
Have to diversify strategies to scale.
Move into strategies you're not experienced in.
Poor returns.
Convert to family office.
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Top 5 Podcasts that Shaped My Life in 2018 featuring @JordanHarbinger @akouts @AlexBanayan @TomBilyeu @bulletproofexec medium.com/@boblow/top-podca… – at Sungai Buloh, Selangor
Alex Kouts retweeted
The modern struggle
Lone individuals summoning inhuman willpower,
fasting, meditating, and exercising,
up against armies of scientists & statisticians weaponizing abundant food, screens, & medicine into junk food, clickbait news, infinite porn, endless games & addictive drugs.
Alex Kouts retweeted
Bitcoin is digital jewelry at the moment. I am serious. Computer geeks’ equivalent of rappers’ chains
*with potential to blossom into increasingly more usable money given bigger size
incentives to hoard will take it there because fixed supply is mind-bendingly revolutionary
